What are the responsibilities and job description for the Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Specialist position at BJC HealthCare?
Parkland Health Center is looking for a self-motivated Patient Safety & Quality Improvement Specialist. This role will focus on safety events throughout the hospital. Responsibilities include performing root cause analysis, leading investigations and implementing prevention strategies. This position is primarily onsite, Monday-Friday.
Candidates with clinical licenses/certifications are preferred!
Overview
As part of BJC HealthCare, Parkland Health Center offers a unique combination of world-class medicine along with the deep local roots and rich history of its three predecessors – Bonne Terre Hospital (opened in 1911), Mineral Area Regional Medical Center (1952), and Farmington Community Hospital (1969). Parkland Health Center has two locations in St. Francois County, Missouri – a full-service acute care hospital in Farmington as well as a rural emergency hospital in Bonne Terre. Parkland Health Center provides quality primary and secondary level inpatient and outpatient services to the people of St. Francois County and surrounding areas in southeastern Missouri.
In addition, Parkland’s Farmington campus offers a full continuum of inpatient and medical-surgical and intensive care, obstetrics and emergency services, along with a wide variety of outpatient services including oncology services, an infusion center, a wound care clinic, and the Huckstep Heart and Lung Center. Bonne Terre is a Rural Emergency Hospital providing emergency services and outpatient services including medical observation, lab, radiology, and sleep study.
The Quality Assurance Department provides support to administration, management, and our customers to assure that we are delivering the highest quality care possible for the safety of our patients, based on regulatory guidelines. TEST
Preferred Qualifications
Role Purpose
Coordinates performance improvement and patient safety initiatives, providing guidance, education and assistance in the development, implementation and measurement for assigned projects, performance improvement initiatives and patient safety events.
Responsibilities
- Investigates and evaluates events for risk potential, loss minimization, and proper documentation in addition to using risk factors data to develop evidence-based Patient Safety interventions and process improvement strategies.
- Provides consultation and support to teams or departments related to performance improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance and patient safety events.
- Provides facilitation and support to teams and departments related to patient safety events.
- Participates in root cause analysis (RCA), failure mode and effects analysis (FMEA), and cluster investigations.
- Assists departments in identifying and correcting regulatory compliance issues and participates in preparatory activities for regulatory agencies.
Minimum Requirements
Education
- Bachelor's Degree
- Business/Nursing/related
Experience
- 2-5 years
Supervisor Experience
- No Experience
Preferred Requirements
Education
- Master's Degree
- Business/Nursing/related
Licenses & Certifications
- Lean/Six Sigma
- RN
Benefits and Legal Statement
BJC Total Rewards
At BJC we’re committed to providing you and your family with benefits and resources to help you manage your physical, emotional, social and financial well-being.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, vison, life insurance, and legal services available first day of the month after hire date
- Disability insurance* paid for by BJC
- Pension Plan*/403(b) Plan funded by BJC
- 401(k) plan with BJC match
- Tuition Assistance available on first day
- BJC Institute for Learning and Development
- Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
- Paid Time Off benefit combines vacation, sick days, holidays and personal time
- Adoption assistance
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*Not all benefits apply to all jobs
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees in this position. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equal Opportunity Employer
